Cotton-baling apparatus.



No. 723,591; PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903- P. L. DYER.

COTTON BALING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13, 1909.

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ITO-723,591.

F. L. DYER. COTTON BALING APPARATUS.

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I F.L.DYER.

COTTON BALING APPARATUS.

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UNITE STATES 'ATENT OFFICE.

, FRANK L. DYER, OF MONTCLAIR, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNIWIENTS, TO CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, TRUSTEE,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

C OTTON-BALING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No.-723,591, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed December 13,1900. Serial No. 39,658. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK L. DYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Balin'g Apparatus, (Case No. 40,) of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to improvements in KO cotton-baling apparatus of the type designed for the making of cylindrical bales by con volutionallywindingasubstantially continuous sheet or bat under pressure around a spindle or core; and the invention relates specifically to vertical presses of this type.

The objection heretoforeencountered in the art with vertical presses for making cylindrical cotton bales is that the weight of the upper roll pressing upon the cotton in the preliminary stage of the formation of the baletends to cake or mat the sheet or bat on the core, and thereby make it difiicultof eifective unwinding. My improved vertical balingpress overcomes this difficulty, since the upper roll will be at all times in a condition of equilibrium. Broadly stated, my invention comprises a cylindrical baling-press, the upper baling-roll 'of whichisbalanced so as to exert no tendency by its weight to compress the cotton, atleast during the preliminary formation of the bale;

and more specifically my invention comprises a vertical baling-press employing two balingrolls with acore between them, said baling- 33 rolls being mounted in a vertical plane and being so connected together that the lower baling-roll counterbalances' the upper balingroll.

In carrying my invention into effect I pre- 0 fer to utilize a vertical baling-press, employing a suitable frame in which two balingrolls are mounted so. as to be movable vertically with respect to a core carried in substantially fixed bearings, with suitable mechanical connections'between the boxes of said baling-rolls, whereby any movement of one baling-roll in one direction will tend to move the other baling-roll in the other direction, so that the baling-rolls will at all times be maintained in a condition of substantial equilibrium.

In order that the invention may be better understood,-attention is directed to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of a two-roll cylindrical baling-press embodying my present invention inits preferred form; Fig. 2,

a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical sectional view.

In all of the above views corresponding parts are represented by the same numerals of reference.

A suitable box-like bed 1 carries the side frames 2 2, forming vertical guides 3 between them. Mounted to move vertically in said guides are the journal-boxes 4 4 and 5 5 of an upper and a lower baling-roll 6 and 7, respectively. Acore 8 is mounted between the .baling-rolls in substantially fixed bearings,

and the ends of said core may be released by any suitable mechanism operated by handwheels 9 or in any other suitable way. Connected to the journal-boxes 4 4 of the upper baling-roll are rods 10, with which pistons 11 are connected, said pistons working in cylinders 12, secured to the side frames 2 2 at each side. The pistons 11 are connected together in the usual way by a pipe 13, which is provided with a relief-valve (not shown) for re- .80 tarding the flow of liquid from saidcylinders, as is common in the art. Extending downward from the journal-boxes 4 4 of the upper baling-roll are rods 14, which mesh with gears 15, fixed on a rotatable shaft 16, the latter being mounted in fixed bearings in the bed l. Extending downward from the journal-boxes 5 5 of the lower roll are corresponding rods 17, which also mesh with said gears 15. It will be observed that the weight of the lower roll 7 tends to rotate the shaft 16 and elevate the upper baling-roll 6, whereby said balingrolls will be always maintained in a condition of equilibrium, and the upper baling-roll will exert no tendency to compress the cotton by its weight during the formation of thebale.

'In fact, by connecting theb aling-rolls' v6 and 7 together, as explained, they are substantially as inert, so far as the factor of gravity is concerned, as in a horizontal press. By connecting the baling-rolls together, as explained, by rods engaging gears on the shaft 16 the desired parallel movements of the baling-rolls with respect to the vertical frames will be secured. If desired, however, aseparate rack 18 may be secured at each side of the press with which pinions 19 may engage, said pinions being carried on a shaft 20, mounted in bearings secured to the rods 10 in the usual way.

The balingsrolls 6 and 7 may be driven by any suit-able arrangement of gears. For the purpose I show the shafts of said baling-rolls as provided with spur-gears 21 and 22, keyed to the same, said spur-gears overlapping, as shown, and being driven by the pinions 24 on the shafts 25 and 26, respectively. These shafts are mounted in journal-boxes 27, which slide in horizontal ways, as shown. The shafts 25 and 26 are connected to the shafts of the baling-rolls by links 28, whereby the pinions and spur-gears will be always kept in mesh. lhe shafts 25 and 26 are provided at their other ends with gears 29 and 30, respectively, which are engaged by a gear 31, keyed to a counter-shaft 32. Said count-ershaft is provided at its end wit-h a bevel-gear 33, driven from a bevel-pinion 34 on a driving-shaft 35, having a pulley 36, and to which power is applied.

If desired, the sheet or bat before being wound on the core 8 may be compressed be tween compression-rolls 37 in the usual way.

In operation, power beingapplied to the pulley 36 to drive the counter-shaft 32, the shafts 25 and 26 will be driven in the same direction to drive the baling-rolls 6 and 7 through the pinions 24 and spur-gears 21 and 22 in the same direction and at the same surface speed to wind up the sheet or bat on the core. As the bale enlarges the two baling-rolls recede equally from the core against the resistance of the hydraulic pressure in the cylinders 12.

While I prefer to employ my present improvements in connection with a vertical press, as when so used they possess the advantage of relieving the bale at its inception of the weight of the upper baling-roll, yet it will be understood that the press may be applied in other positions with the advantage of necessitating only half as much movement of the piston of the hydraulic cylinder as would be necessary if only one of the balingrolls were movable.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a two-roll baling-press, the combination with the two baling-rolls movable toward and away from each other in the same plane, and a core mounted between them, of a shaft mounted in'fixed bearings, and connections between the-journal-boxes of both baling-rolls and said shaft, whereby movement of one baling-roll toward or away from the core will effect an opposite movement of the otherbaling-roll,substantially as set forth.

2. In a two-roll baling-press, thecombination of the two baling-rolls both vertically movable in the same plane, a core between said rolls, and connections between the journal-boxes of said rolls, whereby they will be maintained in a condition of equilibrium, su bstantially as set forth.

3. In a two-roll baling-press, the combination with the two baling-rolls vertically movable in the same plane, and a core mounted between them, of a shaft mounted in fixed bearings, and connections between the journal-boxes of both baling-rolls and said shaft,

' whereby one of said baling-rolls counterbal- 

